24m.

Rockfax Description
The lower crack is almost always damp and usually smelly. Ignore this fact and jam up it to a (possible) stance on the giant flake. The continuation is awkward, especially the fist-grinding belly-flop into the wider finishing section. . © Rockfax

FA. Brown and Whillans 1951.

Ticklists

BMC On-Peak Rock: Jamming tests , The Roaches - Routes Graded List , Steve Ashton's 100 Classic Gritstone Climbs , ROCKFAX Western Grit Grade List , World Graded List , Staffordshire Grit Challenge - Brown-Whillans Day Out , Peak Rock/6/ The Emergence of Joe Brown and Don Whillans , Joe Brown's Three-Star Grit-List , Roaches HVS Challenge , Joe Browns Shops 50th Anniversary Celebration Routes List , The Roaches 3 Star Extravaganza , Definitive *** Peak Grit , The List , Michelle's crack ticklist , UK Sandbags , Proper Cracks UK , An attempt at a definitive list of Joe Brown's FA/FFA in the Peak District , Post-lockdown Peak jamming hoedown , Wired Peak District Grit Graded List , Wired Peak District Grit (2020) *** List , Ultimate List of Peak District Crack Climbs , Roaches Cracks , 2023 , *** HVS on Peak Gritstone , Misery Mondays

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ian bryant 12 Jun, 2006 Show βeta
βeta: desperate finish! the best thing about this route is the fact that now i've done it, i'll never have to do it again!!
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βeta: desperate finish! the best thing about this route is the fact that now i've done it, i'll never have to do it again!!
UKB Shark 6 Mar, 2006 Show βeta
βeta: No fist jams necessary or for that matter obvious. Tricky combination of hand jams to top out though.
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βeta: No fist jams necessary or for that matter obvious. Tricky combination of hand jams to top out though.

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